Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekgen!tekigm2!marks
From: marks@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Mark D. Salzman)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: A question of Netiquette
Summary: How about a (moderated) comp.images?
Message-ID: <6964@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 30 Oct 89 18:04:01 GMT
References: <2627@dogie.macc.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: marks@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Mark D. Salzman)
Followup-To: comp.graphics
Distribution: na
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Vancouver,  WA.
Lines: 22

I like to see nice pictures as much as anyone. However I feel this group
should be left to the discussion on how to create graphics, not for posting
the results.

I would rather see the creation of a new news group that would be used for
the distribution of graphics images and the programs to view them on the
more popular machines. I would also not want to limit this to a format such
as GIF or TIFF, since these have their limits. Ray tracing programs and the
image data files that go with them should also be appropriate source for
this new group.

Since the volume of such a group would likely be very high, I cannot see it
existing without a moderator. This would prevent copyrighted or offensive
material from getting out, and would limit the postings to less than 100K
bytes (or less) a day. I would love to be such a moderator, but my current
job dictates otherwise. Any takers?

-- 
# Mark D. Salzman    Phone: (206) 253-5542.  #  The more complex the mind,
# Tektronix Inc., P.O. Box 3500, M/S C1-936  #  the greater the need for 
# Vancouver, Washington. USA  98668          #  the simplicity of play.
# E-MAIL: marks@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM          #       James T. Kirk